Chag HaBanot 844 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 4605

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 4605 began on and ended on .

Rosh Chodesh l’banot (ראש חודש לבנות‎ also known as Chag habanot חג הבנות‎ [Girls’ Day]), and in Arabic as Eid al-Banat, is a holiday, celebrated by some of the Jewish communities in the Middle East on Rosh Chodesh of the Jewish month of Tevet, during the Jewish holiday of Chanukah. The Jewish community where the holiday was most preserved is in Tunisia. But there is also evidence that it was also celebrated in Jewish communities in Libya, Algeria, Kushta, Morocco and Thessaloniki.

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Dates for Chag HaBanot

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Chag HaBanot 841 30 Kislev 4602
Chag HaBanot 842 30 Kislev 4603
Chag HaBanot 843 1 Tevet 4604
Chag HaBanot 844 30 Kislev 4605
Chag HaBanot 845 30 Kislev 4606
Chag HaBanot 846 30 Kislev 4607
Chag HaBanot 847 30 Kislev 4608
Chag HaBanot 848 1 Tevet 4609

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Girls Day (Judaism)” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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Books (paid links)

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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